Harold Adams Innis has made many significant contributions to Canadian history and culture throughout the course of time. He was a well-respected historian as well as an author, who has very firm beliefs in the evolution of Canada as a nation as we know it. Some of his contributions include his numerous books and articles as well as his very concrete views on Canada's evolution in relation to its staples and his thoughts on modern communication systems.
             First of all, Innis spent the final years of his life on his communications theory, which he held with great importance, as he wanted his thoughts to become well known and respected in the field of Canadian historiography. He believed that changes in communication technology would lead to social and cultural breakdown, not only in Canada, but also across the globe. He believed that modern forms of communication were quite biased and he also felt that changes in communications and technology were seen as a re-evaluation of community life and a loss of culture and freedom. The two types of biases that Innis discusses, is for one "time biased media". The time-biased media favored relatively close communities because manuscripts and paper and oral communications have limited distribution potential as where space binding media, such as print and electronic media were concerned with expansion and control.
             Innis also believed that because of all the areas of communication that were emerging, it would be difficult of the people to remain the same and keep communicating at a normal level. In fact, Innis thought that everything would soon change beyond a point of return. He felt that machinery and electronics would destroy pure thoughts and actions for Canada and people of other societies around the world. Innis has become known as a foundational thinker in communications, and he is also well known for his chronological treatment of the development of media from an...